May a Major Month for Off-Campus Events & Exhibitions

Students, faculty, staff and alumni are stars of local, national and international exhibitions and events

Posted 04.01.12 by MICA COMMUNICATIONS

Members of the MICA community have work showcased in exhibitions throughout the United States and the world in May 2012. Here are some of the main events (check back frequently as this will be continuously updated):

BALTIMORE AREA

A Conversation with Martha RoslerMay 2, 7:30 p.m., The Baltimore Museum of Art, 10 Art Museum Drive, BaltimoreMICA CONNECTION: Open Walls Baltimore is curated by Gaia '11Political artist Martha Rosler joins art journalist Tyler Green for a discussion of Rosler's influential work tackling social activism in art. The event is organized by Open Walls Baltimore, a street art project in the Station North Arts & Entertainment District led by Gaia '11. Free and open to the public.

Maryland Film FestivalMay 3 through May 6, BaltimoreMICA CONNECTIONS: Tempest in the Bedroom by Animation Chair Laurence Arcadias and walk through the forest, enter water, build fort by Clarissa Gregory '09 (Mount Royal School of Art) will screen among other shorts on May 5 at 4:30 p.m. (Charles Theater) and May 6 at noon (Windup Space). A documentary titled See You Soon Againabout Baltimore Holocaust Survivors has many MICA ties: it was filmed by video & film arts faculty member Allen Moore, edited by Video & Film Arts Chair Patrick Wright, titles were designed by M.F.A. in Graphic Design Graduate Director Ellen Lupton, Matt Davies '09 (video) recorded sound, and graphic design faculty member Ryan Clifford '09 (M.F.A. Graphic Design) and Aleks Safarova '12 (graphic design) designed the website. See You Soon Again will screen at MICA's Brown Center on May 6 at 11:30 a.m.

Mother's Day Trunk Show and SaleMay 5 from noon-4 p.m., Ten Thousand Villages, 1621 Thames St., BaltimoreMICA CONNECTIONS: Hannah Brancato '07 '10 '11 and Julia Di Bussolo '06 '07Mother Made is a local program that helps low-earning women use their crafting skills to generate income. They have teamed up with Ten Thousand Villages, a fair-trade retailer located in Fells Point that promotes buying relationships with skilled artisans who are under- or unemployed. Mother Made will showcase signature produce bags, shopping bags, and hand-dyed napkins and scarves. Products are available for a range of prices from $5-50.

Water SonettosMay 5 through May 24, In/Flux Gallery, 307 W. Baltimore St., BaltimoreOpening Reception: May 5, 5-8 p.m.Open House/Performance: May 19, 3-6 p.m.Lutheran World Relief Family & Friends Event: May 18, 4-7 p.m.Movie Night, Community Art Collaborative Workshops: TBAMICA CONNECTIONS: Coordinated by interdisciplinary sculpture faculty member Jann Rosen-Queralt and Ryan Patterson '06. Artists include Laure Drogoul '81 (Rinehart School of Sculpture), Marian April Glebes '05 (general fine arts), foundation and environmental design departments faculty member Katie O'Mera, Fiber Department faculty member Valeska Populoh, Jacob Whayne Dillow '12 (fiber) and Eileen Wold '11 (M.F.A. in Studio Art).Water Sonettos is a collaborative exhibit emphasizing the importance of water through public art and programming. This exhibit brings together local artists, activists and community members to explore our relationship to water systems and water ecology. The exhibition is sponsored by MICA's Office of Community Engagement, Alumni Association and Office of Research.

A Conversation with Jane GoldenMay 2, 7:30 p.m., The Windup Space, 12 W. North Ave.MICA CONNECTION: Open Walls Baltimore is curated by Gaia '11A conversation with Jane Golden, Executive Director of the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, and Monica Campana, Executive Director and Founder of Living Walls Atlanta. The event is organized by Open Walls Baltimore, a street art project in the Station North Arts & Entertainment District led by Gaia '11. Free and open to the public.

Author's Talk with Jennifer WallaceMay 16, 7 p.m., Barnes and Noble Johns Hopkins, 3101 St. Paul St., BaltimoreMICA CONNECTION: Faculty member Jennifer WallaceJennifer Wallace will speak about It Can Be Solved by Walking, a book-length poem and collection of photographs.

Meet the Designers: Graphic Design-Now in ProductionMay 10 at 8 p.m., Apple Retail Store, 767 Fifth Ave., New York CityMICA CONNECTION: M.F.A. in Graphic Design Graduate Director Ellen LuptonCatch a lively preview of the exhibition Graphic Design-Now in Production with curators Ellen Lupton and Andrew Blauvelt. The exhibition will open at Copper-Hewitt, National Design Museum on May 26 (see below for more information).

Inside Edward Hopper's Truro Studio: Paintings by Philip KochOn view through June 1, Edward Hopper House Art Center, Nyack, NYMICA CONNECTION: Faculty member Philip KochAs a young artist, Philip Koch was inspired by seeing the art of Edward Hopper to change from painting abstractions to working in a realist direction. Since 1983 Koch has had thirteen residencies in Hopper's Cape Cod painting studio in S. Truro, Massachusetts. On display is a selection of paintings of the interior of the Cape Cod Hopper studio Koch painted on location.

A Rolling StoneOn view through May 26, Porter / Contemporary, 548 W. 28th St., 3rd Floor, NYCMICA CONNECTION: Jason Bryant '04 (Mount Royal School of Art)"The exhibit is a celebration of 50 years of the Rolling Stones," says Jessica L. Porter, Founder and Director of Porter Contemporary, "in addition to also being inspired by the proverb 'A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss.'" The proverb has many meanings but one in particular is that those who keep moving are never lacking for fresh ideas or creativity. Porter Contemporary has selected nine artists who fit the meaning of the proverb and are celebrating these artists' inspirations and dedication through, ‘A Rolling Stone'. The Rolling Stones themselves are examples of the proverb as they reinvented themselves numerous times over the past five decades to become music legends.

More Than a Passing GlanceOn view through August 22, New York Public Library, The Art Collection, 3rd Floor, 40th Street at 5th Avenue, NYCMICA CONNECTION: Jan Staller '75From the New York Public Library: "Mid-Manhattan Library present More than a Passing Glance an exhibition of large scale color photographs by well-known photographer Jan Staller. At once recognizable and yet abstract the striking images made during 2010 - 2011 depict construction sites, scrap metal yards, parking lots, boat yards and other places ordinarily visited for their intended function and assumed not to offer much visual delight, except when they appear in Staller's photographs."

Graphic Design-Now in ProductionOn view May 26 through September 3, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Governors Island, New York CityMICA CONNECTION: M.F.A. in Graphic Design Graduate Director Ellen LuptonCo-organized by Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and the Walker Art Center, Graphic Design—Now in Production explores some of most vibrant sectors and genres of graphic design today.

PENNSYLVANIA2011 Factory InstalledOn view through May 2012, The Mattress Factory, 500 Sampsonia Way, PittsburghMICA CONNECTIONS: Natalia Gonzalez '11 Six international artists, including Natalia Gonzalez from Bolivia, were chosen from 600 artist-submitted portfolios to work in residence at the Mattress Factory in September and October to create works for an exhibition on view from October 28 to February 26, 2012.

OHIO

Body DialecticMay 11, The Ridges Auditorium at Ohio University, Builting #23 North Ridge Dr., AthensMICA CONNECTIONS: Kris Grey '03 (ceramics)Kris Grey/Justin Credible, a Graduate Student at Ohio University, will exhibit a multimedia, live art, performance piece at the Ridges Auditorium in Athens, Ohio. This special one night show explores themes of identity, the body, and transformation. This work challenges the dominant transgender representation of being born into the wrong body, making space for imagining new configurations of gendered embodiment. This performance runs for one night only

ILLINOISHairy Blob On view through July 29, Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell Ave, ChicagoMICA CONNECTION: Becky Alprin '08The Hairy Blob dissects traditional concepts of time and resources through artworks in video, sculpture, drawing, installation, dance and sound. The exhibition shows how artists depict time by analyzing various built and natural environments. Rather than discussing time as memory or nostalgia, the works present time as a means to address notions of power and politics, and their impact on the use of resources.

Wilderness & Other FictionsOn view through May 3 through May 23, PlatteForum, 1610 Little Raven St. Suite 135, DenverMICA CONNECTIONS: Libby Barbee '11 (Mount Royal School of Art)Creative Resident Libby Barbee culminates her two-month residency in the exhibition Wilderness & Other Fictions. Using the American frontier as the point of departure, the work explores landscape through a lens tinted by contemporary anxieties-the tension between the increasing confluence and confrontation of nature and technology. With one eye toward historical representations of the American landscape (especially in the works of frontier photographers and painters of the Hudson River School) and the other toward the future technological landscape, she imagines the eventual outcome of an American frontier myth that is at once romantic and idealizing, yet insatiable ... and ultimately deceiving.

WASHINGTON

Author and Subject: Contemporary Queer PhotographyOn view through May 27, Photo Center NW, 900 12th Ave., SeattleOpening reception: April 12, 6-8 p.m.MICA CONNECTION: Rafael Soldi '09 (photography)- Peruvian artist Rafael Soldi approaches homosexuality from a cultural perspective. These images represent his struggle to surface from darkness, panic and hopelessness. He uses his relationship with a pervious partner as an anchor for coming to terms with and defining his sexuality while transitioning from one country to another. Soldi is now living in Seattle.

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